The best ice cream. Roskachestvo chose the best ice cream in Russia

On the eve of summer and the growing demand for vanilla ice cream "Plombir", Roskachestvo specialists checked 34 of the most popular ice cream brands. The study involved the determination of physico-chemical and microbiological parameters, the compliance of the portion weight, the presence of foreign substances in the form of antibiotics, vegetable fats and starch, which should not be part of a natural ice cream. In total, each serving of ice cream was examined for 51 quality and safety indicators.

Ice cream is a type of ice cream with a fat content of at least 12% and with total absence in vegetable fats

The following brands of ice cream participated in the study:

• Russian cold;
• Vologda ice cream;
• Eskimo;
• Kupino;
• Russian cold of the USSR;
• Spar;
• IP Shibalanskaya A.A;
• Frost;
• Dream Factory;
• iceberry;
• Ice cream from Santa Claus;
• Clean line;
• Refrigeration plant No. 3;
• Bogorodsky refrigeration plant;
• White Nights;
• Grospiron;
• Charlie;
• Cheerful cow;
• The canoes are cold;
• 48 kopecks;
• Monarch;
• Cold;
• Your ice cream;
• As it was;
• Siberian;
• Gold standard;
• Like before;
• Village Green;
• White gold;
• Artek;
• Cheerful cow;
• Volgograd ice cream;
• Lipetsk.

According to the results of the study, ice cream of only 3 brands fully meets the requirements and exceeds them:

Ice cream of these brands can qualify for the Russian Quality Mark, as it does not have any flaws or deviations.

• White gold (Leningrad region);
• Vigorous cow (Belgorod region).

This ice cream cannot be called a sundae, it is a fake, since vegetable fats are present in the composition. Another type of ice cream "Cheerful cow" took part in the study, in which there were no vegetable fats.

Not added oil: fat content is below normal

• Your ice cream;
• Ice cream from Santa Claus.

The fat content of both samples was 11.5%, which corresponds to creamy ice cream, but not ice cream.

Starch in the composition, but not on the package

Russian legislation does not prohibit the use of starch in the composition of plombir ice cream, however, this should be reflected on the packaging. In the ice cream "Sibholod" and "As it was" this information was hidden.

Warning: E. coli

E. coli was found in 2 types of ice cream:

• Volgograd ice cream;
• "Artek".

E. coli is a pathogenic microorganism that, when ingested, causes intestinal disorders. It can be assumed that E. coli somehow got into the product during transportation and storage, but not in the case of ice cream. Such a dessert should be stored and transported only at sub-zero temperatures, otherwise it will melt. Therefore, the conclusion is that E. coli got into ice cream due to unsanitary conditions in production or when using low-quality raw materials.

E. coli in ice cream - a very unfavorable fact and a stigma on the enterprise

Antibiotics in ice cream

Medicines get into ice cream with milk or the milk component, if, when accepting raw materials, a study was not carried out for the presence of antibiotics or such a procedure was negligently treated.

Ice cream of 2 brands excelled in this:

• Volgograd ice cream (antibiotic chloramphenicol);
• Lipetsk (antibiotics of the tetracycline group).

In 6 brands of ice cream, traces of antibiotics were found, but their content was within acceptable limits, in contrast to the samples above.

Acidity above normal

The acidity above the norm was found in the following brands of ice cream:

• "Gold standard";
• "Like before".

Most likely, not quite fresh milk was used in the production. Nevertheless, other indicators responsible for the freshness of raw materials (peroxide and acid numbers) were normal for all ice cream samples.

The most delicious ice cream

The following brands of ice cream turned out to be the most delicious in terms of organoleptic indicators:

• "Clean line";
• "Vologda ice cream";
• Filevsky Plombir (Iceberry);
• ice cream IP Shibalanskaya A.A.;
• "Russian cold";
• "Cow from Korenovka".

According to statistics, about 400 tons of ice cream are produced annually in Russia. We are one of those few countries in which ice cream is consumed not only in summer, but even in the cold season. At the same time, the most popular types of ice cream among our consumers are cream and milk, as well as ice cream.

In May 2017, as part of the food quality monitoring program, an ice cream study was conducted in the Siberian Federal District. To check the quality of ice cream, 15 cups of ice cream were purchased, made in accordance with GOST 31457-2012. For advertising purposes, the packaging of the studied ice cream indicated:

• Without vegetable fats
• Made from selected milk
• Real ice cream and has a natural composition
• Quality control at every stage of production
• This ice cream is the best

However, according to the results of the check, it turned out that all the listed items do not apply to this product, which also turned out to be a fake. During the examination of the ice cream, the presence of fats was revealed plant origin, which does not meet the requirements of the technical regulations of the Customs Union "On the safety of milk and dairy products" (TR TS 033/2013), GOST 31457-2012. (Clause 84. It is not allowed to use the concepts "milk", "creamy", "plombir" in the name in the labeling of ice cream, which includes a substitute milk fat).

The information on the ice cream packaging was also unreliable, since its actual composition did not correspond to the declared one.

Almost at the same time Russian Institute consumer tests, four types of ice cream made in accordance with GOST in Moscow were tested. According to the results of the examination, all of them corresponded to GOST, both in terms of taste and physico-chemical. It is interesting to note that one of the ice creams tested by the institute had almost the same packaging and name with the ice cream tested in the Siberian Federal District, which is a fake.

Vegetable fat content Low quality, dangerous, as well as various additives that allow extending the shelf life of products - this is one of the main problems in the production of dairy products, which today must be addressed, both at the legislative level and in the minds of our consumers. Unfortunately, many of us do not think about why one ice cream costs 20 rubles, and the other 50, and prefer the cheaper one. Due to their ignorance, consumers cannot understand the true composition of some components on the package, and sometimes they do not read it at all. But this problem, unfortunately, is not the only one. Recently, cases of poisoning with expired products are also not uncommon, and most often this happens with dairy products.

In June 2017 St. Petersburg social organization consumers "Public control" tested 12 samples of ice cream. As a result, in one sample (manufactured in Nizhny Novgorod), bacteria of the Escherichia coli group were found, which indicated a violation sanitary norms in production. Such bacteria in the hot season can multiply rapidly and become especially dangerous in high concentrations for people with weakened immune systems, children, and the elderly.

Good ice cream - how to choose?

1. Choose ice cream produced only according to GOST (GOST 31457-2012), and not according to TU. Products made according to specifications may contain various additives, including vegetable and non-dairy fats (palm oil, vegetable, coconut, margarine, cocoa butter).
2. According to GOST, ice cream can be stored for more than six months (The recommended shelf life of ice cream at a temperature not exceeding minus 18 ° C is no more than 6 months from the date of manufacture).
3. According to GOST, ice cream, depending on the mass fraction of milk fat, is divided into: milk - mass fraction of fat 0.5% to 7.5%, cream - mass fraction of fat 8.0% to 11.5%, ice cream - mass fraction of fat 12.0% to 20.0%. According to this, when choosing a good ice cream, it is necessary to pay attention to such an indicator as fat content or mass content of fat. This indicator must strictly comply with GOST.
4. Give preference to regular ice cream without additives and dyes. Fruits and nuts are best added at home at will and to your taste.
5. Pay attention to the appearance and integrity of the ice cream packaging, as damaged packaging can cause damage to the product. Swollen packaging indicates improper storage of ice cream.
6. On the packaging of good ice cream should be indicated: composition, manufacturer and address, production date and shelf life.
7. Milk ice cream must contain: milk, sugar, cream.
8. Carefully read the composition on the packaging for the content of vegetable and non-dairy fats.
9. Milk ice cream should be milky or creamy in color. Ice creams containing vegetable and non-dairy fats often have color added, which often results in a yellowish tint.
10. Good ice cream made from milk has a delicate, uniform texture without grains and ice.
11. If the ice cream has lost its shape, then most likely it has been thawed. At the same time, a good environment for the development of microbes is created in the products.
12. Most best method Ice cream checks are melting. Ice cream made from milk melts evenly at room temperature for 15 minutes.
13. Choose ice cream from well-known brands only. They try to prevent poor quality products and produce them according to GOST.
14. Good ice cream made from milk cannot be cheap. According to the latest data (summer 2017), the cost of ice cream without vegetable and non-dairy fats should be at least 40-45 rubles per cup.
15. If you decide to buy ice cream in street stalls, then be sure to ask the manufacturer, and best of all, ask for the accompanying product documentation.
16. According to GOST, the use of powdered milk, as well as the following food additives, is allowed in the production of ice cream:

homemade ice cream recipe

Quick homemade ice cream with just 2 ingredients is perhaps the easiest and favorite recipe for delicious homemade ice cream.
You need only 2 products, you can do without an ice cream maker, you don’t have to boil anything, beat tediously for a long time, but in the end the product comes out incredibly tender and refreshing. A luxurious treat for any holiday will be ready in 10 minutes without freezing.

Ice cream according to this recipe may seem too sweet to someone, however, it is such a dessert that will best affect the body's production of serotonin, the “happiness hormone”.
Another option for those who are trying to eat less sugar (and right!) - just reduce the amount of sweet ingredient in the composition. And before eating, you can add your favorite berries, tarragon or mint leaves to the dessert - they will slightly reduce the calorie content of ice cream, enrich it with vitamins and add interesting notes to the taste.

Ingredients for homemade and therefore probably the best ice cream

Tip: to make homemade ice cream, take care of the quality of the ingredients in advance. The secret of a real ice cream lies in the fact that before mixing the components, it is necessary to cool the cream, the container in which you will whip, as well as the whisk itself (beating nozzle).

• 300 ml of heavy cream (at least 10%);
• 200 ml whole condensed milk.

How to make homemade ice cream

1. In a plastic or glass container, mix the cream and condensed milk until smooth. You can work with a whisk or an immersion blender - literally a minute.
2. Arrange in bowls or cups (molds), you can buy waffle cups in the supermarket specifically for ice cream.
3. Put in the freezer. As it hardens, decorate with raspberries, currants, strawberries, any other berry or chocolate chips. You can serve at the table!

Many centuries ago, the most delicious dessert appeared, combining cold and sweetness. Where and when did it first appear, who invented it first, who ate the very first portion of the new delicacy? All opinions agree on Ancient China. There are legends about ancient Chinese cold sweets with the addition of Piedmontese truffles, smoked chocolate, candied chestnuts and wild orchid roots.

It is authentically known that the aristocracy of Ancient Rome, especially their women, was fond of cold desserts with the addition of honey and berries.

Ice cream is prepared in all countries of the world. Everything influences its taste: who invented this or that variety, where the ice cream is prepared and how it is served to the table. Given these factors, we bring to your attention an overview of the most delicious ice cream in the world, indicating the places where you can try it.

Great Britain. London. Cafe-rack "Morelli Gelato"

Anyone who has ever been to London cannot fail to know the stunning Morellis Gelato cafe-bar, which is located in the basement of the Harrods Hotel.

This cafe serves special, unexpected, but incredibly delicious ice cream.

The interior of the cafe is presented in the style of old London of the 12th century. Once here, an inexperienced visitor will feel that he is in an old pub, and, having ordered an incredible dessert offered by helpful waiters, he will instantly be transported to the 21st century.

The ice cream parlor is owned by the descendants of the first owners - the Morelli family, immigrants from the Italian Naples.

Today, as always, Morelli ice cream is made daily. It uses a food set of ingredients of only the highest quality. The taste of this Morelli ice cream is incomparable, but unusual. You won't find better ice cream in the world. It can be a taste reminiscent of classic Christmas Scottish pudding or the sweetest red Sicilian oranges. And ice cream, reminiscent of its taste sensation Apple pie, just amazing.

The Morelli Gelato ice cream parlor has an unusual offer: anyone can come up with and invite the owners to prepare ice cream of any taste, the most incredible. For example, pork roast with potatoes. For this proposal, a person will receive not only an original ice cream of delicious aroma and ordered taste, but also a personalized certificate of his authorship.

Turkey. Istanbul. Shop "Mado" ("Mado")

Anyone who has visited the heart of Turkey at least once - the city of Istanbul - knows that the most delicious, very hard, unusual-looking ice cream is sold in the Mado shop, and it is called Dondurma.

They came up with this type of ice cream in the Turkish outback, in the city with the amazing name Kahramanmarash. Thanks to this fact, Dondurma ice cream has a second name - Marash ice cream.

The ice cream offered by this shop has two distinctive features that are unique to him:

1. It is made only on the basis of homemade fat milk, and only goat. This parameter is so important that even very young children, even one-year-olds, who are still breastfed, are fed Dondurma.
2. Applied here unusual ingredient as a thickener, which is used to make ice cream in only two resort countries: Greece and Turkey. This is a mastic isolated from the resin of pistachio trees.

Thanks to the use of this mastic in ice cream, the briquettes in the form of which it is sold turn out to be so hard that it has to be chopped with a special, but heavy, miniature, real ax, selling to everyone who wants exactly the amount of product that he wants to eat.

This dessert, unusual in taste, texture and appearance, is quite often offered to try by numerous tourists, who then eat it like fried meat using a knife and fork.

In addition to the Mado shop, this delicacy can also be bought on the street, right from the cart.

Ice cream vendors are constantly mixing it with long smooth sticks, advertising and offering delicious ice cream of a unique look and taste to everyone, including numerous tourists heading to the sea, on an excursion, or just walking around Istanbul.

The cost of ice cream "Dondurma" is very low - a few cents per 100 g of delicious dessert.

France. Paris. "Bertillon"

Ice cream brand "Berthillon" ("Berthillon") is named after the owner of the cafe and the inventor of this delicacy - one of the most delicious and famous in the world. But you can taste it only in Paris, not even in all of France.

Offers this unique type of ice cream according to a family secret recipe cafe, located on the smallest, central of the surviving islets in the Seine River - "Saint-Louis".

The owners of Berthillon Cafe refuse to turn their business into a chain without expanding and competing with other ice cream brands.

The cafe has been operating since the middle of the 20th century, since 1954. Today, 20 more points of hiking mini-cafes are known, located on the same island in the vicinity of Paris.

All locals and tourists fell in love with this ice cream for its extraordinary softness and delicate creaminess in taste. This cafe serves heavy cream, whipped in a special way and sprinkled with chocolate chips. And ice cream is made on the basis of this thick cream, whipped in a special way.

Ice cream "Berthillon" is prepared using the most favorite product of Parisians - candied chestnut.

It is quite expensive. Therefore, ordinary Parisians rarely allow themselves to enjoy their favorite dessert prepared in the mysterious kitchen of the Berthillon cafe. No more than once a year - for a birthday (anniversary) or for the New Year.

Lebanon. Beirut. Hanna ice cream parlor

Arab and Asian countries are recognized leaders in the preparation of ice cream of the most varied taste and quirkiness of the proposed form.

In a country like Lebanon, ice cream is always prepared without the use of products such as cream and eggs.

The best ice cream in the Middle East is ice cream bought at Hanna Ice Cream Shop. That's the name of the owner of this place. She and her husband own this cafe together. They've been making ice cream, serving customers, and cleaning tables with just the two of them for 50 years every day. They don't have holidays or breaks. This is the reason why the Hanna ice cream parlor failed to become an influential restaurant with a global brand. But undoubtedly, this ice cream parlor is one of the historical sights of Beirut and Lebanon in general.

There is not a single unnatural (synthetic) product component in this ice cream.

Ice cream is prepared only on the highest quality fat milk. To make the ice cream the desired thick consistency, a special grinding powder made from grated orchid tubers is added to it.

And this is also a family recipe, passed down through the female line by the owners of the ice cream parlor. It was here, in the same place, that exactly the same ice cream was prepared 500 years ago, using the technology invented by the founders - the authors of this delicious dessert.

After tasting this delicacy, you can feel the flavor range of pistachios and fresh fruits in it.

Germany. Berlin. Ice cream varieties "Caramello" ("Caramello")

Incredibly delicious ice cream. It is prepared for all people without exception. Even for those who are not given a chance by nature to try a delicious dessert.

For example, some people cannot tolerate lactose or gluten. So they will be offered a variety of ice cream that does not contain protein and milk fat. The ice cream will be based on delicious freshly prepared fruit and berry puree and soy milk.

The line of this ice cream is very strict. Any kind of Caramello ice cream, whether it is regular (based on heavy cream, butter or milk) or vegetarian (based on banana), will be made only from the freshest natural products, without dyes and artificial additives.

This ice cream is quite inexpensive - around 5 euros per serving. You can buy it in any large supermarket or in the Caramello ice cream parlor, which are available in almost every city in Germany.

Japan. Tokyo. Cup Ice Museum Store

Japan is a country that surprises everyone and always, but not the Japanese themselves. They are used to living in such a way as to be ahead of the whole world by several decades, and at the same time remember their ancestors and honor ancient traditions always and in everything.

Tokyo's Cup Ice Museum has such a huge assortment that even a seasoned tourist will be surprised and puzzled.

The refreshing dessert presented in this store has a million amazing, unusual, rare flavors that you can try only here. Even the taste of ordinary ice cream is different from the usual.

Here you can buy for very little money, for example, a serving of ice cream with flavor and the addition of seafood, dessert ice cream drinks with the addition of alcohol (sake, strong rice vodka, with beer, brandy, etc.)

Singapore. Cafe Udders

Invented modern alcoholic ice cream ("udders-ice-cream") in Singapore. Visitors to the cafe "Udders" joke that if there is a desire to get drunk, it is enough to make 3-4 orders of a delicious refreshing dessert.

One serving of dessert ice cream contains three balls (150 g), which corresponds to a glass of strong beer if the treat is ordered with its filling.

In total, the menu of the cafe offers 13 types of ice cream. It is not cheap, but quite acceptable.

When visiting the cafe "Udders" ("Udders"), first of all, you should try the ice cream "Java Whiskey Choc" (bitter chocolate whiskey). This ice cream is the most delicious in the world!

On the eve of the summer season, Roskachestvo experts examined the favorite delicacy of many adults and children - ice cream. How much fresh milk is used for the production of ice cream, is there E. coli in it? And in general, how honestly does the packaging tell the consumer about what he takes?

As part of a rolling study of ice cream, Roskachestvo specialists purchased vanilla ice creams from 34 of the most popular brands among Russians. Among them are Chistaya Liniya, Filevsky, Korovka from Korenovka, Gold Standard, White Gold, 48 Kopeks and many others. All ice creams are produced in Russia: in Belgorod, Volgograd, Vologda, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk and Tomsk regions, Krasnodar, Perm, Primorsky and Stavropol Territories, the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Once again, the test results showed that a good product does not mean the most expensive. So, for example, the most expensive ice-cream among those studied - "Chistaya Liniya" - when purchased, it cost 72 rubles per 100 grams. However, the overall score of this ice cream in the rating is 4.42. The cheapest ice cream is Russian Cold. USSR". Its purchase price was 23 rubles per 100 grams, and the overall score was 5.12, which allowed it to take 5th place in the overall rating. At the same time, the price does not guarantee the authenticity of the product: the White Gold ice cream falsified with vegetable fats is far from the cheapest of all tested samples. 100 grams of this ice cream cost 37 rubles.

The ice cream was tested for 51 quality and safety indicators, including the presence of vegetable fats, antibiotics, fat content of the product, the quality of raw milk, as well as microbiological indicators that allow detecting bacteria and pathogenic microorganisms in the product.

Compound

According to the results of the study, the ice-creams of three brands corresponded not only to the mandatory, but also to the advanced requirements of the Roskachestvo standard. Thus, ice creams "Russian Cold" (total score - 5.5 points, Moscow region), "Vologda ice cream" (5.4 points, Vologda region) and "Eskimo" (5.2 points, Tomsk region) will be able to apply for the Russian Quality Mark. region).

Violations of the law (of different levels of severity) were noted in the goods of 12 brands:

Vegetable fats are in the composition of the ice cream "White Gold" (Leningrad Region) and "Bodraya Cow" (Belgorod Region). This ice cream cannot be considered ice cream, it is a fake. Attention. The study involved another ice cream TM "Bodraya Cow", made according to the recipe of 1948 - no vegetable fats were found in it.

Also ice cream "Your ice cream" and "Ice cream from Santa Claus" does not have the right to be called ice cream, since the fat in both products is 11.5%. It's more like ice cream.

As part of the ice cream "Kak was" and "Sibholod" (both - Omsk region) starch is not indicated. The manufacturers of these products have violated consumer rights to valid labelling.

In ice cream "Artek" (Vologda region) and "Volgograd ice cream" (Volgograd region), experts found E. coli bacteria.

The antibiotic chloramphenicol was found in ice cream "Volgograd ice cream" (Volgograd region), antibiotics of the tetracycline group - in the ice cream "Lipetsk" (Lipetsk region). quantities medicines exceeded the allowable technical regulations of the Customs Union.

The actual net weight of the Selo Zelenoe ice cream (Perm Territory) amounted to 267 grams, while the declared 280 grams. The manufacturer weighed only 13 grams. But if we take into account the cost of one such ice cream - 99 rubles per package - it turns out that the consumer pays an extra 4.5 rubles.

In the ice creams "Gold Standard" (Omsk region) and "As before" (St. Petersburg), excess acidity was recorded. Most likely, stale dairy raw materials were used to make this ice cream.